Comments on: Are the Capitals That Much Better Than Everyone Else?http://www.penguinpoop.com/2010/are-the-capitals-that-much-better-than-everyone-else/
Pittsburgh Penguins News - BlogThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:14:59 +0000hourly1By: TimThttp://www.penguinpoop.com/2010/are-the-capitals-that-much-better-than-everyone-else/#comment-2171
Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:26:35 +0000http://www.penguinpoop.com/?p=3795#comment-2171Maybe tonights the night for firsts for OVechkin. Caps could be tired from last nights OT game. Don’t care if we win or not, already looking to the playoffs. LETS GO PENS!!!!
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Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:06:11 +0000http://www.penguinpoop.com/?p=3795#comment-2167You realize that the Caps have a better record against the Atlantic Division (points, win % wise) than do the Penguins…
]]>By: Kutdacheezhttp://www.penguinpoop.com/2010/are-the-capitals-that-much-better-than-everyone-else/#comment-2156
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:45:08 +0000http://www.penguinpoop.com/?p=3795#comment-2156Just for the record . . . watching the Capitals I think paying attention to what RJ Umberger said was pret ty smack on. They have a lot of floaters. Players who are constantly cutting up ice before they have controlled the puck in their defensive zone. While that works well during the regular season once the playoffs begin defenses notch their games up a bit. So much so that these half rink passes don’t exist at the same rate the do during the regular season.

In fact, in the playoffs more times than not they end up being odd man situations that bite them in the ass like it did last season when the NY RAG$ almost knocked them out in the first round. If you recall Fedorov became the oldest players ever to have a GWG in a game 7 and they beat the RAG$ 2-1.

Those Capitals made it beyond round one for the first time since 1998 (last year) and their team as constructed looks good on paper but IMHO they are fragile not only in goal but with a coach who may not have caught on to playoff hockey ion the NHL as of yet.

No doubt they are a scary team but usually they play out of control with not very much discipline. I see them as ripe for a first round upset if they get a hot goalie (such as with Rask or Thomas) or if Carter makes it back with Philadelphia and a few goons start playing physical with Ovechkin and Semin. We’ve already seen that Orpik is in Semin’s head.
What’s surprised me most about Washington is that Ovechkin has never been in a fight. This guy in his career has never went toe to toe with anybody. How’s that happen?

All offense, no toughness, and very suspicious goaltending usually doesn’t go to far in the playoffs no matter what the regular season looked like.